Composition - Writing Topic Sentences & Ending the Essay (Monday; 17/11) (Thursday; 20/11) (Monday; 24/11)

K: Remember the introduction of our fruit.

U: Understand how to expand our key idea.

D: Continue our essay with topic sentences.

 

Words of the Day

1. Conclude

2. Subheading

 

Let's Begin!

Do you have your fruit draft and the test pad of your essay?

 

Let's check what we have so far!

- Introduction - 1 paragraph

- Body - 1 paragraph per topic sentence

- Conclusion - 1 paragraph

 

Do you know what a topic sentence is?

- The most important sentence in a paragraph.

- Always at the start of the paragraph.

- Use the 5W1H method to talk more about the topic sentence. 

 

Do you know what a subheading is?

- A word, phrase, or sentence that is used to introduce part of a text.

- Also known as a mini-headline or mini-title of our topic sentence.

- A subheading can cover 1 or 2 paragraphs of information.

 

Task 1

Using the same test pad that has your essay in it, continue your essay with some topic sentences!

Remember: 

1. Start with a subheading.

2. Not skipping a line, have finger spacing and write your topic sentence.

3. New topic sentence = New subheading.

4. Expand your topic sentence with more detailed information. For example:

 

Task 2
Once you're done with at least 2 topic sentences, write a conclusion of your informative essay.

You can write 2 more facts to end your essay. For example:

Your essay should be at least 150 words long. 

You have 25 minutes for this task.

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